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dot_a_linkage=true
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WIP: fixes from @igrr's review
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clean (wip'ed) declaration
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removed example, added device tests
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boards gen: deprecated option
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion cores/esp8266/coredecls.h
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// TODO: put declarations here, get rid of -Wno-implicit-function-declaration


extern bool timeshift64_is_set;

void esp_yield();
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2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions doc/faq/a05-board-generator.rst
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* increase available flash space by disabling floats in ``*printf`` functions

* enable WPS which is now disabled by default (at the cost of a smaller heap by ~4KB)

* change led pin ``LED_BUILTIN`` for the two generic boards

* change the default lwIP version (1.4 or 2)
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16 changes: 10 additions & 6 deletions doc/faq/readme.rst
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Expand Up @@ -46,22 +46,26 @@ How can I get some extra KBs in flash ?
* Using ``*printf()`` with floats is enabled by default. Some KBs of flash can
be saved by using the option ``--nofloat`` with the boards generator:

``./tools/boards.txt.py --nofloat --allgen``
``./tools/boards.txt.py --nofloat --boardsgen``

* Use the debug level option ``NoAssert-NDEBUG`` (in the Tools menu)

`Read more <a05-board-generator.rst>`__.

Why can't I use WPS ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About WPS
~~~~~~~~~

WPS is disabled by default, this offers an extra 4KB in ram/heap. To enable
WPS (and lose 4KB of useable ram), use this boards generator option:
In release 2.4.2 only, WPS is disabled by default. To enable WPS, use this
boards generator option:

``./tools/boards.txt.py --allowWPS --allgen``
``./tools/boards.txt.py --allowWPS --boardsgen``

`Read more <a05-board-generator.rst>`__.

From release 2.4.2 and ahead, using WPS will reduce available heap space to
user by around 4.5KB. In other words, from release 2.4.2 without using WPS,
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Suggest rewording this to make it clear that this is not yet available in 2.4.2. E.g. "starting from 2.5.0, ...".

an extra ~4.5KB is available in user's heap space.

This Arduino library doesn't work on ESP. How do I make it work?
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disable_extra4k_at_link_time(); // this call must always be inlined
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as far as i can tell this can never be inlined, unless we enable LTO?

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I have updated the code/comment (yet to push) as follow:

    protected:
    
        static void WPSStatusCB(wps_cb_status status);
        bool beginRealWPSConfig(void);

    public:

        inline bool beginWPSConfig(void) __attribute__((always_inline))
        {
            /*
             Some notes:

             This call to disable_extra4k_at_link_time() must not be
             "compiled-in" when WPS is not in use.  Calling it from
             beginRealWPSConfig() would always link it.

             'inline ...  attribute(always_inline)' is not required since gcc
             will optimize this function, but it is left as a reminder.

             Moving beginRealWPSConfig from ESP8266WiFiSTA.cpp to
             ESP8266WiFiSTA-WPS.cpp only allows to same some flash space.
            */
            disable_extra4k_at_link_time();

            return beginRealWPSConfig();
        }

When it is not inlined, or not optimized by gcc, or if disable_extra4k_at_link_time() is called from beginRealWPSConfig(), heap stack is always linked in.

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Okay, i finally understood why you were mentioning inlining in other comments and why you needed to make it inline. This is because Arduino IDE does not combine object files from libraries into static archives, it links them directly. This is in contrast with the core object files, which are first placed into an archive.

However, recent Arduino versions support putting library object files into .a archive before linking, which should remove the need for inlining. Please check https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Arduino-IDE-1.5:-Library-specification and add dot_a_linkage=true to ESP8266WiFi library.properties file.

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It works with dot_a_linkage=true and the need for an inline function/method in the class is now useless.

Things are now more clear, thanks for this tip. I was not understanding in the first place why I had to use the inline trick and was wrongly thinking that objects files were stored in a library. I admit I don't often try to read the long-like-hell IDE commands.

But I had to cheat and create an empty archive {tmp}/libraries/ESP8266WiFi/ESP8266WiFi.a at the linker command request, while the build process put everything in {tmp}/arduino.ar.
It seems to be the same bug as this esp32 one. This issue is still present in both latest nightly and latest beta.

edit: now trying to find the arduino environment variable for the AR object
edit2: found it, it's {archive_file_path}. Now arduino.ar no longer exists, digging this out :)
edit3: found this, {...}/arduino.ar needs to be replaced by "{archive_file_path}" "-L{build.path}" (all doc is in your above link)

return ::beginWPSConfig();
}

bool beginSmartConfig();
bool stopSmartConfig();
bool smartConfigDone();
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